In the first of a two-part episode on the Singapore Writers Festival 2021, Nabilah Said chats with author Grace Chia about her book The Arches of Gerrard Street, and her thoughts on writing crime while exploring themes surrounding the experiences of minorities and the Chinese diaspora in London, and exoticism. Grace is part of SWF panel Crime And The City on 7 Nov 2021, alongside writers Håkan Nesser and Neil Humphreys. It takes place digitally on SISTIC Live.

Singapore Writers Festival 2021 runs from 5 to 14 November 2021 with the theme "Guilty Pleasures".

Podcast 96: Writer Grace Chia talks about crime and The Arches of Gerrard Street

Listen as speakers Ke Weiliang, Lee Shu Yu, Matt Lyon, Nabilah Said and Naeem Kapadia share their thoughts about Singapore theatre in 2021, including observations and shows they found memorable.

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This podcast episode was streamed live as part of Year In Review 2021 which took place on December 18 via Telegram. Year In Review 2021 was co-organised by Centre 42, ArtsEquator and Channel NewsTheatre in collaboration with ArtWave Studio.

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Podcast 102: Citrus Practices

In this latest ArtsEquator Theatre Podcast, Matthew Lyon, Nabilah Said and Naeem Kapadia discuss the recent production The Glass Menagerie, written by Tennessee Williams and presented by Pangdemonium. The cast comprised Catherine Grace Gardner, Jamil Schulze, Inch Chua and Salif Hardie, and the play was directed by Tracie Pang.

Podcast 103: The Glass Menagerie

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